Acquisition
Cooperative purchasing rule published
State and local governments can use GSA's schedules contracts for IT acquisitions
Acquisition
GAO upholds protest against USAJobs award
GAO has upheld the protest of a contract awarded for the upgrade of USAJobs
Acquisition
Cooperative purchasing still not in effect
GSA has not yet published rules that would allow state governments to use federal schedules for information technology purchases
Acquisition
SARA gets optimistic launch
Proponents of the Services Acquisition Reform Act say they believe the bill has a good chance of passing this time around
Acquisition
OMB crafts enterprise licensing plan
OMB plans to unveil a strategy to create governmentwide enterprise software licensing agreements
Acquisition
GSA seeks to boost HUBZone firms
To kick-start the use of a $2.5 billion technology contract for Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) firms, the General Services Administration held a workshop April 29 for the 36 companies involve
Acquisition
Small businesses welcome scrutiny
Many small businesses that hold multiple-award contracts say they support a proposed rule that requires them to recertify their small-business status annually.
Acquisition
EPA planning $650M contract
Agency to release solicitation for a nine-year, $650 million systems development contract
Acquisition
Davis reintroduces SARA
The long-expected, controversial version is intended to streamline the federal buying processes
Acquisition
DFAS officials rethink outsourcing deal
Officials are re-evaluating contract after an audit detemined the work could have been performed more efficiently in-house
Acquisition
GSA awards procurement data system
Next-generation system will replace the 20-year-old Federal Procurement Data System
Acquisition
Small biz recertification rule posted
Small businesses would have to recertify size once a year if they are on a multiple-award contract
Acquisition
FTS leader embraces 'risk'
Bates says FTS is poised to grow and is taking chances in new directions
Acquisition
Davis offers sales seminars
Conferences are intended to help vendors learn about selling IT services in the federal marketplace
Acquisition
Davis and the unfinished revolution
Despite two decades of procurement reform, Rep. Tom Davis does not believe the job is done
Acquisition
Rule would require BPA competition
A proposed rulewould require agencies to solicit at least three bids when ordering services or establishing BPA under the FSS schedule system
Acquisition
Rule aims to boost BPA competition
Proposed rule would require agencies to solicit at least three bids
Acquisition